Any member of a Native American tribe that once inhabited the area now known as in Virginia, United States.
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
chopsticks
chopsticks
noun
plural of chopstick
clerkships
clerkships
noun
plural of clerkship
hopsacking
hopsacking
noun
hopsack fabric
jockeyship
jockeyship
noun
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
keypunches
keypunches
noun
plural of keypunch
lackeyship
lackeyship
noun
The role or status of a lackey.
packhorses
packhorses
noun
plural of packhorse
patchworks
patchworks
noun
plural of patchwork
peacockish
peacockish
adj
Characteristic of a peacock; striking; ostentatious.
phthisicky
phthisicky
adj
Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.
physicking
physicking
noun
(archaic) medication
verb
present participle of physic
picnickish
picnickish
adj
Resembling, characteristic of, or suitable for a picnic.
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
pomeshchik
psychokyme
puckerbush
puschkinia
puschkinia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Puschkinia of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae.
schipperke
schipperke
noun
(zoology) A small breed of dog developed in Belgium, sometimes used as a watchdog on boats.
shankpiece
sheepbacks
sheepbacks
noun
plural of sheepback
sheepcrook
shipwrecks
shipwrecks
noun
plural of shipwreck
shipwrecky
shipwrecky
adj
(figurative) Weak, feeble; shaky.
Characteristic of a shipwreck.
shockproof
shockproof
adj
Made sturdily enough to withstand knocks and shocks without being damaged.
Protected from imparting electric shocks.
verb
(transitive) To protect from imparting electric shocks.
spatchcock
spatchcock
noun
A rushed effort.
Chicken meat when prepared by spatchcocking. (See below.)
verb
To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart, for more even cooking when grilled.
To interpolate, insert or sandwich (in or into).
To prepare in haste.
spitchcock
spitchcock
noun
Eel prepared by spitchcocking.
verb
(transitive) To split (an eel) along the back and then broil it.
splashback
splashback
noun
(countable) A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top or kitchen sink and at industrial facilities, construction sites, etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid.
(uncountable, countable) Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.